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Her debut collection of poems, "This Dead Body is Not an Apple, It Is Either a Cucumber or a Pear", was published in 1997 and announced a major new voice in Iranian poetry. The book opened Persian poetry to new creative possibilities.<ref>Poetry International</ref>
Her debut collection of poems, "This Dead Body is Not an Apple, It Is Either a Cucumber or a Pear", was published in 1997 and announced a major new voice in Iranian poetry. The book opened Persian poetry to new creative possibilities.<ref>Poetry International</ref>
"Making Coffee To Run a Crime Story" focuses on misogyny and crimes against women.
"Making Coffee To Run a Crime Story" is partly inspired by [[Sadegh Hedayat]]’s [[The Blind Owl|Blind Owl]]; a re-reading of male-narrative love stories in a post-modern narrative. This lengthy dramatic poem has references to the image of misogyny in Iran and crimes against women. She has taken inspirations from the life of women who have been slayed because they wanted to write or tell a story, like the life of the first female poet in Persian [[Rabia Balkhi]] who was killed by her brother for writing love poetry."The Hourglass is Fast Asleep" has been praised for combining present-day setting with Persian mysticism.<ref>British Council</ref>
She has been praised in her recent collections for combining present-day settings with Persian mysticism.<ref>British Council</ref>
Scholars say that she has perceived a new female style and rhetoric.<ref>Persian Literature on Britannica</ref>
Scholars say that she has perceived a new female style and rhetoric.<ref>Persian Literature on Britannica</ref>
She is also a prolific translator and has translated English poetry into Persian.
She is also a prolific translator and has translated English poetry into Persian.

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Rosa Jamali
Born(1977-11-19)November 19, 1977
Tabriz, Iran
OccupationPoet
NationalityIranian
Alma materTehran University of Art, University of Tehran

Rosa Jamali (Template:Lang-fa; born 1977 in Tabriz), is an Iranian poet, translator, literary critic and playwright.

Education and career

She studied Dramatic Literature at the Tehran University of Art and later she received an MA degree in English literature from Tehran University.

Her debut collection of poems, "This Dead Body is Not an Apple, It Is Either a Cucumber or a Pear", was published in 1997 and announced a major new voice in Iranian poetry. The book opened Persian poetry to new creative possibilities.[1] "Making Coffee To Run a Crime Story" focuses on misogyny and crimes against women. She has been praised in her recent collections for combining present-day settings with Persian mysticism.[2] Scholars say that she has perceived a new female style and rhetoric.[3] She is also a prolific translator and has translated English poetry into Persian.

Works

Poetry

  • This Dead Body Is Not An Apple, It's Either A Cucumber Or A Pear, (1997)
  • Making A Face, (1998)
  • Making Coffee To Run A Crime Story, (2002)
  • The Hourglass is Fast Asleep,(2011)
  • Highways Blocked, (2014)
  • Here Gravity is Less(2019)

Plays

  • The Shadow (2007)

Translations

Essays

  • Revelations in the Wind; theory and analysis (Essays on the Poetics of Persian Poetry)

Footnotes

  1. ^ Poetry International
  2. ^ British Council
  3. ^ Persian Literature on Britannica

References

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